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A. Watson Armour III Research Seminar Series

The A. Watson Armour III Research Seminar is The Field Museum's weekly academic seminar series. Talks are at noon on Wednesdays, and feature speakers from around the world presenting their research on topics related to the museum's research and conservation activities. Since 2005, over 300 speakers have presented talks in the series. Typically, the audience primarily consists of Field Museum curators, collection managers, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students, although faculty and students from Chicago-area colleges and universities, museum docents, and other museum staff sometimes attend as well. For more information on the seminar series, to suggest a speaker, or if you are coming from outside of the museum and need access to the seminar room, contact Abigail Derby Lewis, John Terrell , Matt von Konrat, Ken Angielczyk, or Corrie Moreau.

Be sure to check this page regularly for additions and updates to the schedule.

Winter/Spring 2015

Jan. 7

No Seminar.

Jan. 14

No Seminar.

Jan. 21

Dr. Link Olson. University of Alaska at Fairbanks. Phylogenomics, Biogeography, and Taxonomic Recalcitrance of North America's 'Alpine' Marmots.Montgomery Ward Hall.

Jan. 28

Dr. Jill Pruetz. Iowa State University. Life on the Savanna: Chimpanzees Adjust to Stresses Associated with a Hot, Arid Environment at Fongoli, Senegal. Montgomery Ward Hall.

Feb. 4

No Seminar.

Feb. 11

Dr. Casey Holliday. University of Missouri. Cranial Biomechanics and the Origins of the Modern Amniote Feeding Apparatus.Montgomery Ward Hall.

Dr. David Lohman. The City University of New York. Evolution and Biogeography of Butterfly Radiations in the Indo-Australian Archipelago.Montgomery Ward Hall.

April 15

Dr. Lane Beckes. Bradley University. The Individual in a Social Niche: An Exploration of What Social Neuroscience Illuminates and What Social Neuroscience Must Do to Expand Our Understanding of Human Nature and the Social Mind.Montgomery Ward Hall.

April 22

Dr. Christopher Dick. University of Michigan. The Role ofthe Andes in Neotropical Plant Diversification.Montgomery Ward Hall.